Chapter 144 Letter

"Brother, rest assured. The post-war reconstruction of Qilan Star is pretty much planned, including the aerial cleanup. We can't let that war debris affect Qilan Star's aurora."

Hu Yue had recently noticed that Hu Mingli was constantly running to Qilan Star. Every time he came, he liked to stand alone on a mountaintop, gazing at the sky in silent contemplation for a long time.

She thought Hu Mingli was worried about the aurora, afraid it would affect Qilan Star's economy later, so she had come specifically to comfort him.

Hu Yue wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but Hu Mingli had become more and more silent lately.

"I received a letter recently," Hu Mingli said, gazing at the pitch-black sky, his expression unreadable.

"A letter?"

"A letter I've been waiting for a long time."

...

"You're already a colonel, that's amazing. You've only been out of school for a few years, your achievements are truly outstanding."

The girl's soft and gentle voice made Hu Mingli's ears burn. He was a little nervous, the sweat on his palms making him feel momentarily helpless.

The girl standing opposite him would definitely see it, as soon as he moved slightly, everything would be noticed, and she would laugh at him for not being calm enough.

"Wipe it." Just as Hu Mingli was struggling so much that he didn't even realize his brow was furrowed like an uncomfortable caterpillar, Wang Wenying couldn't help but take out her handkerchief and hand it to him after enduring it for so long.

Ah, she really noticed!

Hu Mingli looked at the handkerchief in front of him, feeling like he had been hit by a hammer. He quickly took the handkerchief, not daring to look up at her. She must be very disappointed in his performance, right?

The more Hu Mingli thought about it, the more dejected he became. He carefully wiped the sweat from his palms with the handkerchief.

"That..."

He heard her hesitant voice, which only made Hu Mingli feel even more discouraged. He was, after all, here to confess!

"The handkerchief I gave you is for wiping your forehead..." Wang Wenying didn't expect him to wipe his hands with it. Hu Mingli was even more dumbfounded when he heard her answer.

"Huh?"

"Here..." Wang Wenying pointed to Hu Mingli's forehead, a awkward smile on her face.

Hu Mingli: !!!

"Pwahahaha! Is that why you didn't succeed?!"

That night, in a private room of a clubhouse on Central Star, Mei Qiu almost burst out laughing at what Hu Mingli had told him during the day. He couldn't even swallow the wine he had in his mouth, and the others beside him were laughing so hard they couldn't catch their breath!

"When will you ever succeed like this?" Someone next to him looked at the guy who messed up his confession before he even started with a look of pity.

"Hey! I'm asking you guys for ideas!"

Unlike the blushing face of shame he had during the day, Hu Mingli's face was now red with anger.

Why did he know these guys! So annoying!

"Speaking of which, how did you fall for Old Marshal Wang's granddaughter?" A brown-haired young man next to Mei Qiu looked even more puzzled. He looked at Hu Mingli, "She was in the same year as us, but she studied at the Second Military Academy the whole time. How did you get to know her?"

"Are you stupid or something?"

Mei Qiu reached out and slapped the back of the man's head, saying, "Wang Wenying was the champion of the Interstellar Military Simulation Command League every year she was in school. It's not strange that every school, especially the command department, knows her."

What Mei Qiu said was exactly Hu Mingli's answer. He participated in this competition almost every year, from not even making it past the semi-finals in his freshman year, witnessing her commanding prowess from the audience seats, to later breaking into the finals and becoming her opponent, only to be defeated by her once again, he was completely captivated by her.

This admiration was inadvertently made clear when Mei Qiu secretly introduced him to her. The hazy feelings were then seen clearly.

He liked her.

Unfortunately, this unlucky confession was such a failure!

"Why did she become a civil servant?"

After a few bottles of wine, Hu Mingli's words hidden in his heart poured out like a flood.

He looked at Mei Qiu drunkenly and asked, "She even became your secretary. Do you... do you also like her?"

...

"I did have a crush on that girl, but it was just a little crush, and she nipped it in the bud. She told me directly that she wasn't interested in me and rejected me.

I'm not a masochist, so how could I keep going? Besides, what I feel for her is more admiration and sympathy."

Many years later, when Mei Qiu returned to the Sigma Defense Line ruins with Cheshire, Cheshire finally couldn't help but ask what she had wanted to ask for many years.

After many years, Mei Qiu faced his feelings for Wang Wenying squarely and said frankly, "Besides, she has someone she likes."

...

"I'm sorry, Commander Mei, my standards for a spouse are really far from someone like you. Although you are really good-looking, please don't stare at an unmarried single woman for a long time."

Mei Qiu never expected that the always gentle Wang Wenying would directly reject his advances. To be honest, Mei Qiu felt quite embarrassed at that moment.

Yeah, he got caught staring at a girl and was directly and righteously rejected.

"Ah, I see. Then you can tell me what you like, and I'll help you find someone next time~" To cover up his embarrassment, Mei Qiu winked at her playfully~

"No need~"

When Wang Wenying shook her head, Mei Qiu wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but there was a hint of red on her face.

...

"What are your plans for the little vacation after this inspection of the Sigma Fortress?"

Mei Qiu stood in the starship, turned around and looked at his busy subordinates, asking very considerately, "You've all worked hard during this inspection. How about I give you some deluxe hot spring travel packages to Hua Lan Star?"

"No, no, I already have plans." An adjutant politely refused, and then everyone refused.

Mei Qiu was dumbfounded.

"Seriously? This tour is the deluxe version, all-inclusive!"

"But those are single tickets, and my girlfriend and I have already made travel plans."

"Me and my boyfriend too."

"Me too."

"Me too."

Everyone raised their hands at once, even Wang Wenying raised her hand.

"Hey, you have a partner too?"

Mei Qiu approached Wang Wenying as if she had discovered a new continent, but she moved back slightly and said lightly, "Going back to check my health."

Mei Qiu almost forgot that Wang Wenying became his secretary partly because of her health. Old Marshal Wang specifically asked him to take care of her.

"Is it because you've been too tired lately?"

Up close, Mei Qiu noticed a faint dark circle under her eyes, her health was indeed not very good.

"Well... my spiritual power has increased again..."

But her physical constitution has further declined.

Wang Wenying didn't say this, but sooner or later her body would not be able to withstand the surge in spiritual power and would completely decay and die.

A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

After Mei Qiu left, she opened her communicator and looked at the pinned message that she had read but not replied to, her eyes lowered in silence.

After a long while, she sighed softly, mustered up her courage to open the email, typed and deleted, deleted and typed again, and finally there were only a few words—[Okay, after this mission is over, let's go see the aurora of Qilan Star together.]

Finally, Wang Wenying stared at this string of written information for a long time, but in the end she only saved it in the draft box, and sighed softly: "If the doctor checks and there is still a way to control this body, then I'll send it out, it's only a few days later..."